Logging Trips

Send an SMS after every trip with:

Odometer reading :	10462
Business or Personal :	b

To: Sidebuddy
10462 b

Hold down the button on your phone for a moment to get a numeral
If you forget the B or P, we will assume it's Business. You can change it later.
For B or P, we accept any character on that button:

1

2
abc
3
def

4
ghi
5
jkl
6
mno

7
pqrs
8
tuv
9
wxyz

*

0
_
#

For Business, press the button with a 'B' on it once.

Send any of ABC or a 2 and we know it's business.

For Personal, press the button with a 'P' on it once.

Send any of PQRS or a 7 and we know it's personal.
You can add a comment to the end:
To: Sidebuddy
10462 b meeting with client

And we will record it:

Send an SMS after every business trip with:

Starting odometer reading :	21201
Ending odometer reading :	21219

To: Sidebuddy
21201 21219

Hold down the button on your phone for a moment to get a numeral
You can add a comment to the end:
To: Sidebuddy
21201 21219 meeting with client

And we will record it:

You can send an email from a Blackberry or anything else. Just put the message in the title as if you were sending an SMS.

Yes.

It's really easy to add, insert, change and delete trips. Read the Edit page for more information.

Yes - most of the time, for most phones.

It's probably better to hold each key for a moment to get a numeral.

Predictive text (or "T9") is when your phone predicts the word you are typing in.

So, if you start typing your odometer reading, you may get a bunch of letters instead.

Sidebuddy understands predictive text - it converts the letters to numbers.

However, some phones start questioning you with a '?' after a few nonsensical letters, and zeroes cause a space.

So sometimes it causes problems. You can always correct them later.

Help and Frequently Asked Questions